All Puffed Up

By Tim Grollimund / 06/08/2017

A Marine Life Series Column about puffer fish and their toxins Kobo iTunes Barnes & Noble Smashwords Amazon ​Puffers are related to boxfish, and are also toxic, but in a different way.  I found many references to two toxins, tetrodotoxin (TTX) and saxitoxin (STX), which are nerve agents.  They are chemically distinct, but act on […]